Re: write permissions for /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S. Sprague" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:46 PM
Subject: [gentoo-newbies] write permissions for /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot


> Still having problems untarring the entire stage1 tarball. I can see it
> untarring what seems to be several hundred files perhaps. I always get the
> same exit error at the same place. I believe it may be due to the fact
that
> /dev/hda1 being the root partition being a read only file system. I say
this
> because /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot is listed from the "df" command as
This is where your problem lies /mnt/gentoo/boot is configured as read only
(prevents you from fragging a bootable system)

> FILESYSTEM /dev/hda1 1K-blocks 2084324 USED 208324 AVAILABLE 0 USE% 100%

This indicates that the partition is full

> /mnt/gentoo/boot. I have tried using chmod to change the permissions on
this

You need to untar into /root

> directory to no avail. I am only told that it is changing the permissions
> and then receive the statement that it is a read only filesystem. If this
is
> so, how am I ever going to write anything into the boot partition?

Only by mounting it rw - default is read only to keep you from fragging a
bootable kernel.

>
> Michael S. Sprague
> [email protected]

According to the installtion guide on the website, you should have three
partitions configured this way:
100 meg /boot -mount read only
1.5 gig /root -mount read/write (this is the working file system)
250+ meg /swap -active during the installation for tar and other usage